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    "id": 781716,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. A.B. Duale",
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        "legal_name": "Aden Bare Duale",
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    "content": "Machakos. I saw it in the social media. I think it did not look very good that three independent persons with knowledge and experience in specific areas should come from one community and one area. That is not the Kenya that we intend to build. Clause 11 provides for the qualification of the Chairperson and members of the Board. Clause 12 provides for the circumstance under which the Chairperson and members of the board will vacate office. Clause 14 is about the oath of office; Clause 15 provides for the various committees of the Board; Clause 6 talks about delegation by the Board, Clause 18 is about the appointment of the Board Secretary; Clause 19 talks about the appointment of the Director- General (DG), his qualifications and competitive recruitment; and Clause 20 provides for the qualification for the appointment as the DG a person who must have knowledge and experience in the following areas: transport, economics, civil engineering, traffic engineering, urban planning and management. I have never heard of traffic engineering – It is a new thing, but I am sure it is there. Clause 21 provides for the tenure of office of the DG; Clause 29 provides for the licensing of the public transport operators, that is, how they should be licensed, and what kind of application they are supposed to fill and so on. They must be given a certificate of operators. Indeed, all operators must be issued with the certificate before rendering service within the metropolitan area. Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady, this piece of legislation is good. This will set the ball rolling in terms of managing our traffic systems. Even the many owners of matatus and buses that ply in these five counties can put their resources together and form a partnership with, say, an international company that is known for managing this kind of a transport system and they would still own 60 per cent of it. At the end of the day, the transport system in our country would be improved."
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